Frank McGlynn Sr.

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 69

Gender Male

Birthday October 26, 1866

Day of Death May 18, 1951 (84 years old)

Place of Birth San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Frank McGlynn
Franklyn McGlynn

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Frank McGlynn Sr.

Biography

Gaunt-looking American character actor Frank McGlynn Sr. is best remembered for his many portrayals in 1930s and 1940s historical films of US President Abraham Lincoln. McGlynn began performing on stage in 1896. Prior to that, he had been a practicing lawyer, a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Known For

Acting

1947

as Hiram Tubb

1944		Rogues' Gallery as Blake
1944		Delinquent Daughters as Judge Craig

1942		March On, America! as Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942		In Old California as Undetermined Minor Role

1941		Marry the Boss's Daughter as Hoffman
1941		Three Girls About Town as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician
1941		Sergeant York as Mountaineer (uncredited)
1941		A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Panky Pankington

1940		Third Finger, Left Hand as Judge Holman (uncredited)
1940		Boom Town as Deacon
1940		Hi-Yo Silver as Abraham Lincoln

1939		The Mad Empress as President Abraham Lincoln
1939		Second Fiddle as Lincolnesque Actor
1939		Love Affair as Orphanage Superintendent (uncredited)
1939		Lincoln in the White House as Abraham Lincoln

1938		Strange Glory as Abraham Lincoln
1938		Joaquin Murrieta as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1938		The Girl of the Golden West as Pete - Gambler
1938		The Lone Ranger as Abraham Lincoln

1937		Wells Fargo as Lincoln
1937		Sudden Bill Dorn as Cap Jinks
1937		Western Gold as Abraham Lincoln
1937		Broadway Melody of 1938 as Boarding House Resident (uncredited)
1937		Sing and Be Happy as Sheriff
1937		The Great Barrier as Sir John Macdonald

1936		Career Woman as Sheriff Duncan
1936		The Plainsman as Abraham Lincoln
1936		North of Nome as U. S. Marshal
1936		King of the Royal Mounted as Henry Dundas
1936		The Last of the Mohicans as Gamut
1936		For the Service as Jim, a Scout
1936		These Three as Judge (uncredited)
1936		The Prisoner of Shark Island as Abraham Lincoln

1935		The Littlest Rebel as President Abraham Lincoln
1935		Captain Blood as Reverend Ogle
1935		Outlawed Guns as Jingle
1935		The Roaring West as Jinglebob Morgan
1935		It's A Small World as Snake Brown Jr.
1935		Folies Bergère as Joseph

1934		Lost in the Stratosphere as Colonel Worthington
1934		Are We Civilized? as Abraham Lincoln, Felix Bockner
1934		Little Miss Marker as Doc Chesley
1934		Search for Beauty as Rev. Rankin
1934		Massacre as Missionary

1933		Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as Amos Winterslip
1933		Unknown Valley as Head Elder
1933		Hello, Everybody! as Jonathan Reed

1932

as Food Control Speaker (uncredited)

1931		Huckleberry Finn as Second teacher (uncredited)
1931		The Secret Six as Judge

1930		Min and Bill as Mr. Southard
1930		The Jazz Cinderella as Henry Murray (as Frank McGlynn)
1930		Good News as Professor Kenyon

1919

as The Innkeeper

1918		The Caillaux Case as Emperor William of Germany
1918		Why America Will Win as John F. Pershing
1918		Rough and Ready as The Siwash

1917		The Poor Little Rich Girl as The Plumber
1917		The Argyle Case as John Argyle

1916

as Gideon Trask (as Frank McGlynn)

1915		Vanity Fair as Captain William Dobbin
1915		Across the Great Divide as The Bandit
1915		Through Turbulent Waters as Bill Ford
1915		The Life of Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln

1913		Alexia's Strategy as Usakoff (as Frank McGlynn)
1913		By Fire and Water

1912

Directing

1915

… Director

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